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Vol. XX, No. 33

Friday, May 7, 1982

Road gives access to power line

by Susan K. Stabler
The Humpty Dumpty Road, a
new, temporary road that cuts
through jungle and underbrush
opposite the Gatun Chinese Garden,
bears a whimsical name but serves a
very down-to-earth purpose: it solves
a tricky logistics problem for the
Atlantic Maintenance Branch.
For the past several dry seasons,

work crews from the Atlantic
Maintenance Branch and the Mount
Hope Field Electrical Office have
been making steady progress on
renovations to the support towers
for the trasisthmian power lines that
stretch from the Mount Hope
Substation to the Balboa Power
Branch Substation. The work in-
cludes replacing the existing trian-
gular-shaped cantilevers, the ex-

Panama Canal Commission Hon-
orary Public Service Awards will be
given this morning to 21 service-
oriented individuals and organiza-
tions in recognition of their out-
standing contributions to Canal area
communities. The 10 a.m. awards
ceremony will be held, fittingly, in
the rotunda of the Administration
Building at Balboa Heights, where
the surrounding murals stand as a
monument to the dedication of those

who labored in the actual construc-
tion of the Panama Canal.
Since construction days, concern
over the quality of life here on the
Isthmus has led to consistent
improvements, both through the
Canal organization and through
individuals and groups who have
recognized needs and set about to
fulfill them. In 1970, the Canal
organization established a system of
Honorary Public Service Awards,

accompanied by gold; silver or
bronze medallions, to pay tribute to
such services. Nominations for these
awards come from civic, labor,
fraternal and religious groups and
from other federal agencies on the
Isthmus. They are reviewed by the
Incentive Awards Committee and
the recipients are then named by the
Panama Canal Commission Ad-
ministrator.
During the past 11 years, since the

Television can be a hazard to your health!

Watching television is a favorite
diversion for many people, but TV
viewers are often not aware of the
hazards involved in owning and
operating a television, particularly
those potential television mishaps
than can result in property damage
or even death.
The United States Consumer

Product Safety Commission es-
timates that there are thousands of
home television fires annually, many
due to electrical problems. A large.
percentage of television fires have
involved portable color televisions
with plastic cabinets made before
1976.
In the late 1970's television

manufacturers began to comply with
voluntary industry standards which
strengthened requirements for cir-
cuitry, components and flame resis-
tance of plastic material. However,
sets manufactured before that time
may still present electrical hazards
that could cause a fire.
Besides electrical problems, cover-
ing the ventilation openings on the
back of a television by placing it too
close to the wall or a piece of
furniture can cause excessive heat
buildup in the set resulting in
malfunction and fire.
Older sets with vacuum tubes tend
to produce more internal heat than
the solid-state models. The heat of a
fire inside of a television set may also
cause the picture tube to collapse
inwardly and then rebound, propel-
ling sharp pieces of glass out of the
set.
Spilling water and other liquids
into the television cabinet can also
cause a short circuit and start a fire,
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Braniff keeps
Eastern Airlines will begin flying
Braniff routes on June'l. Under an
agreement reached by Braniff Air-
ways with Eastern Airlines and
approved by the Civil Aeronautics
Board (CAB), Eastern will operate
Braniff's Latin American routes for
one year beginning on June 1. Both
airlines are seeking CAB approval
on a separate agreement that would

tended portions of the towers that
support the power lines, with more
easily maintained post-type insulator
mountings. These new mountings
are expected to more effectively
withstand the weather, and local sea
air than the corrosion-prone, steel,
single members of the cantilevers.
The project is a long-range one, as
about 17 towers per mile cut a swath
across the Isthmus.
Seven towers at the Atlantic end
of the line were virtually inaccessible,
and after considering several pos-
sible methods of transporting crews
and equipment to the worksite, the
Atlantic Maintenance Branch "took
the bull by the horns," so to speak,
and cut a road directly to the site.
Cutting the road was, according to
General Foreman of Public Works
Charles Hinz, an interesting project,
as it wound over hill and dale,
through trees and dirt gulleys. Also,
there apparently used to be a
blacksmith's shop in the area, and
the bulldozer unearthed rusty horse-
shoes and nails, along with exposing
portions of old railroad track and
tower foundations. One worker even
found a coin dated 1853.
After several truck rides on the
road, Mr. Hinz began calling it the
S"Humpty Dumpty Road," he says,
"for obvious reasons." Although it's
tame by comparison to the sur-
rounding jungle, it is full of"humps"
and "dumps" and offers something
less than a smooth ride.
Erecting an actual road sign at the
road entrance, says Mr. Hinz, was
kind a joke. "I just wanted to inject a
little humor into the whole tedious
business of working on the support
towers," he says, "we've been
working some pretty long hours out
there." Credit for painting the sign
goes to Norman Pederson, main-
tenance mechanic general foreman.
With the sign, however, the road
became an enticing object of interest
to curious motorists. Traffic grew so
heavy (eight cars in one evening,
according to the Canal Protection
Guard at the site), that it was
necessary to erect a second sign
alongside the first, this one saying
"Do Not Enter!"
The problem, explains Mr. Hinz,
is that the road is impassable when it
rains, and the concern is that vehicles
may become mired in mud out in the
middle of nowhere. Should that
happen, neither "all the king's horses
nor all the king's men" would be able
to do much with the Humpty
Dumpty Road, and keeping it open
is critical to completing the job for
which it was built.

charter flights
cover an additional five years.
Officials of Braniff Airways have
assured the Transportation Branch
that Braniff will provide the charter
service for the summer home leave
vacation period. Employees plan-
ning on utilizing the charter aircraft
this summer are reminded to submit
their leave requests now as the flights
are rapidly filling up.

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/ Public auction
The Panama Canal Department
American Legion Auxiliary will hold
a public auction, beginning at 10
a.m. on Saturday, May 15, in the.
upstairs ballroom of the American
Legion Club in Fort Amador.
An abundance of goodies, in-
cluding a round-trip ticket to
Colombia via COPA, a Sony
Walkman headset, a Peruvian chest,
clothing, pocketbooks, overnight
bags from the airlines, novelties and
collector's items, will be auctioned
off by "Col." Paul Quackenbush.
Door prizes will be given out
throughout the day for those
present. The winner of the main
prize, a gold brooch from Singapore,
will not have to be present to claim it.
Anyone interested in donating
items for the auction should call
Louise Griffon, auction chairman, at
23-6343.
Egolf retirement party
A retirement party honoring-
longtime Atlantic-side resident Ro-
berta "Bobby" Egolf, recently retired
Marine Bureau Safety Officer, will
be held on Saturday, May 22, at the
Fort Gulick Officers' Club. With a
pay-as-you-go bar, plans include a
cocktail hour from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
followed by a steamship roast
dinner.
Tickets for the party are $10 and
will include the dinner and gift
contributions. Tickets may be pur-
chased on the Pacific side from Vally
Hutchings at 52-8217, and on the
Atlantic side from Penny Cafiamis
at 46-7474 or Sunny Mizrachi at 43-
5255.
Tickets for this special evening for
Bobby should be purchased by May
17.
Spot bid sale
The Defense Property Disposal
Office-Panama will conduct a spot
bid sale on Tuesday, May 18, at
Building 745 in Corozal. Some of the
featured items will be air-con-
ditioners, refrigerators, mattresses,
bicycles, desks, typewriters and cash
registers.
Prospective buyers may inspect
the property from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m..
from May II through 17. Regis-
tration of bidders will begin at 7 a.m.
on the day of the sale.

Chess tournament
A United States Chess Federation
(USCF) tournament will be held at
the Valent Recreation Center on
May 8 and 9. Participants must
register by 12:15 p.m. on Saturday,
May 8, and the contest will begin
shortly thereafter. On May 9 the
competition will begin at noon.
The tournament is open to all
USCF members, and non-members
will be given the opportunity to join
at the time of registration. A small
registration fee will be charged for all
participants, and awards will be
presented'to the winners.
Call the center at 87-6500 for more
information.

Z Atlantic Elks
/extend invitation
The public is cordially invited by
Margarita Elks Lodge No. 1542 to
the reopening, tonight, Friday, May
7, of its redecorated dining room.
Dinner will be served from 6 to 7:30
p.m. and from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Reservations are necessary and
may be made by calling Mary Ann
Wilkinson during the day at 46-4015
or from 5 to 9 p.m. at 46-4042.
Wine will be served with each
meal, compliments of the Elks.

Isthmian College Club
The Isthmian College Club will
announce its 1982 Scholarship re-
cipients at a coffee to be held at 9:30
a.m. on Saturday, May 15, at the
home of Kathleen McAuliffe in
Balboa Heights. The event will
feature a Mozart trio performed by
the Curundu Chamber Ensemble.
Reservations may be made by
calling Bea Broussard at 69-2541, or
Karin Gabrielson at 52-6257 through
Wednesday, May 12.
Members and their guests are
welcome to attend.

THE PANAMA CANAL SPILLWAY

Table tennis tourney
The Balboa Armed Services
YMCA has scheduled its Annual
International Table Tennis Tourna-
ment for Saturday, May 15. This
year's tournament will have a double
elimination format, and coordinator
Bob Appin advises that there will be
competition in the following cat-
egories:
Master, age 45 and older
Open, all ages
Class A, 17 to 44 years,
advanced players
Class B, 17 to 44 years,
intermediate players
Junior, age 16 and younger
Women, open
Registration is now open at the
Balboa YMCA reception desk. A
small fee will be charged and must be
paid by May 11. Trophies will be
awarded in each category.
This event is officially recognized
by the Panama National Table
Tennis Association, which will use
tournament standings to select mem-
bers for the Panama national team
to represent Panama in international
competition.
For more information, please call
the Balboa Armed Services YMCA
at 52-2839 or 52-2759.

Photo by Carlos A. Brown C;.
The Atlantic-side Tigers, the winning team in the senior division of the
recent Friendship Tournament, gather round to demonstrate some of the
spirit that won for them the number one spot. Team members are David
Renno, Fernando Ramsey, David Beach, Oscar Massiah, Mike Davis,
Robert Gehringer, Ricardo Romney, Ricardo Ortiz, George Layne, David
Lowinger, Ricardo Francis, Melvin Almodovar, Roland Contero and
Marcelo Smith, team captain. At left is Team Manager Edwin Letendre.

"A Taste of Panama"
To find out about some of the
many things Panama has to offer,
come out to see the production, "A
Taste of Panama," at 2 p.m. on
Sunday, May 23, at the Valent
Recreation Center.
The free entertainment will in-
clude demonstrations on making
bateas and molas, performances by
folkloric dancers from the Pan-
amanian government's cultural and
tourism agencies and by Cuna
Indian dancers, a fashion show by a
Panamanian clothing manufacturer,
the handiwork of local artisans,
huaca and shell exhibits, commercial
displays and tasty typical foods for:
sampling. Do not miss this in-
formative and enjoyable program!

National Sojourners
meeting
Chapter .21 of the National
Sojourners will hold an organiza-
tional meeting at 6:30 p.m. on May
17 in the Falcon Room of the
Albrook Officers' Club. The purpose
of the meeting is to elect and install
officers for the coming year.
The evening will begin with a
happy hour followed by a Mon-
golian barbeque dinner and .a
business meeting. All active duty
officers/warrant officers and re-
tired/former officers who are Master
Masons are invited to attend this
meeting.
For reservations, please call Paul
Goodin at 854148 (office) or 87-
5981 (home) before May 12.

RAC 'n SAC news

The Coco Solo-France Field
Residents' Advisory Committee will
meet at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May
11, in the all-purpose room of Coco
Solo Elementary School.

The Margarita Elementary School
Advisory Committee will hold its
regular monthly meeting at 2 p.m. on
Thursday, May 13, in the teachers'
lounge.
* * *
The Fort Davis Elementary
School Advisory Committee will
meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 10,
in the school's Media Center.
* * *
The Pacific Residents' Advisory
Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. on
Wednesday, May 12, at the Panama
Canal Training Center. Emergency
Preparedness Officer Thomas P.
Strider will be the guest speaker. The
community is invited to attend.

Summer tennis tourney
A summer tennis tournament
sponsored by the Panama Canal
Commission Recreation Services
Branch will begin at 7:30 a.m. on
Saturday, June 5, at the Gatun tennis
courts and run through Sunday,
June 13.
The tournament is open to men
and women players in both "A" and
"B" classes, as well as a mixed
doubles class.
Tenni , players who wish to
participate may register from now
until 7 p.m. on Monday, May 31, by
calling Eugenio "Bobby" Roberts
between I and 7 p.m. at the Gatun
gym office at 43-5242 or by calling
Rogelio Spencer at the Balboa gym
at 52-2903.

"Godspell"
"Godspell," the modern rock
musical which utilizes music, dance
and pantomime to present the
parables found in the New Tes-
tament Book of Matthew, is being
presented by the Balboa 'High
School Music and Drama depart-
ments beginning tonight.
Evening performances will be
given at 8 p.m. on May 7, 8, 14 and
15, and matinees will be offered at 2
p.m. on May 8 and 15 at the BHS
auditorium.
Tickets are $3 for adults and $2 for
children under 12, with S.A. mem-
bers entering free.
I No reservations are necessary and
everyone is invited to come out and
enjoy the performance.

Survivors' party
For a night of wild and crazy
excitement, Atlantic-side style, plan
now to attend the third annual
Atlantic syndrome survivors' party,
which will get underway at 7 p.m. on
Saturday, May 15, at the Margarita
Elks Club..
The party will feature both a band
and disco music, pay-as-you-go bar
at reduced prices, and free munchies,
including meat on a stick and
seviche. As in past years, survivors'
T-shirts will also be for sale.
Tickets, which are $3.50, may be
purchased from Maj. Bobby O'Neal
at 83-3130 or 83-4815, Camille
Mazzerole at 43-5320 or at the
Margarita Elks Club at 46-4442.

i

May 7, 1982
Quarry Heights OWC
The monthly meeting of the
Quarry Heights Officers' Wives Club
(OWC) will be held at 11 a.m. on
Wednesday, May 12, at the Quarry
Heights Officers' Club. During this
meeting, new board officers will be
installed, OWC scholarships will be
awarded and a delicious luncheon
will be served.
The price of the luncheon is $3.75.
Reservations are available from
Cheri Menard at 86-3532 for those
whose last names begin with the
letters A through H, Terri Wargo at
82-3838 for the letters I through R
and Jan Haycock at 87-5839 for the
letters S through Z.

Walking tour
The Rev. Walter K. Reitz will lead
a walking tour through the Casco
Viejo district of Panama City on
Saturday, May 15. The group will
visit the Church of the Golden Altar,.
the National Theater, the Presiden-
tial Palace and other places of
historical interest. Buses will depart
from the Valent Recreation Center
at 8:45 a.m. and a $2 registration fee
must be paid there in advance. Call
87-6500 for more information.

Saturday family swim
lessons
The Balboa Armed Services
YMCA invites all persons age 2 to
102 to join instructor Valencio
Thomas for the next eight-week
session of Saturday family swim
lessons slated to begin May 15 at the
Y. The classes meet on Saturdays
and are divided into both age and
skill groups that meet from 8:30 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Family rates are available.
Registration is now open at the
YMCA reception desk. For more
information, please call the Balboa Y
at 52-2839 or 52-2759.

Isthmian Collectors Club
The Isthmian Collectors Club
(ICC), a group of avid stamp
collectors, recently set an all time
high for membership when it passed
170. But club secretary/treasurer
Bob Karrer still is not satisfied. His
goal is an incredible 200 members by
the end of 1982. Join Bob and all
ICCers next Tuesday, May 11, at the
Panama Canal Training Center for
the club's regular meeting and swap
session. The meeting starts at 7:30
p.m., and all area residents are
welcome to become part of the area's
largest stamp club. For more
information, call Lt. Col. Bob
Karrer at 82-3222 after 5 p.m.

Giant benefit auction
Plan now to come to the Balboa
Armed Services YMCA Annual
Benefit Auction tomorrow and see
real, live auctioneers at work.
"Col." Hank Thompson, the
Ozark Auctioneer, and "Col." Paul
Quackenbush are set to swing into
action beginning at 10 a.m. auc-
tioning off all sorts of good things to
raise funds for local YMCA projects
and to aid in the development of
YMCAs in Third World countries.
The doors open at 9 a.m. for the
inspection of merchandise, which
includes such items as appliances,
furniture, .weekend packages and
memorabilia-and lots more.
Anyone wishing to make a
donation to this worthy cause should
contact the YMCA at 52-2839 for
pickup. All donations are tax
deductible.
Tickets are available from all
Balboa YMCA Board members or
at the "Y."

May 7, 1982

THE PANAMA CANAL SPILLWAY

Canal sign painter talented artist 1 L

by Susan K. Stabler
Whether he's on the job at the
Atlantic Maintenance Branch sten-
ciling signs or at home,, brush and
palette in hand in front of an artist's
easel, Augusto Garc6s Urriola deftly
puts to use a creative talent he
believes he was born with.
Born and raised in Colon and now
living in Pilon, a small town near
Sabanitas off the Transisthmian
Highway, he has worked for the
Panama Canal Commission as a
sign painter for the past seven years.
Products of his handiwork can be
seen throughout Atlantic-area Com-
mission facilities, anywhere that
safety regulations, hours of opera-
tion and other important infor-
mation for'employees or the public
are displayed.
While Mr. Garc6s enjoys his work
as a sign painter, his first love is the
painting he does on canvass during
his off-duty hours. He says, "My
painting i.s like -an escape to
liberty-with it I always feel free."
Holding down a regular job, how-
ever, liberates him in another way, he
admits. A biweekly paycheck re-
leases him from the pressures that
befall artists who must rely on sales
of their art in order to survive.

This is not to say Mr. Garc6s has
difficulty in selling his work. On the
contrary, an original Garces today
commands a high price.
During a recent art show at the
Hotel Washington in Colon, he sold
six canvases for an impressive
$5,000, and he has put a price tag of
$15,000 on his well-known painting
entitled "Viejo Picaro" (which means
womanizing old man). He explains,
"It's my masterpiece and it is also
very famous in Panamanian art
circles."
The painting, a portrait, depicts an
old, thin black man with a scraggly
white beard and a wild, untamed
head of hair. He's sitting in a pensive
pose squinting his devilish eyes, and
when one scrutinizes his beard,
profiles of the faces of two women
are revealed, loosely formed by the
hair of the beard itself.
As a Panamanian artist of con-
siderable recognition, Mr. Garc6s
has exhibited his art locally on
numerous occasions, both in one-
man shows and in company with
other artists. He has held shows at
the Historical Museum, the Art and
Cultural Center, the Municipality of
Panama, and the House of Art, all in
Panama City, as well as exhibiting
throughout Central America. He

says he feels especially proud to have
had success in Mexico because the
proliferation of accomplished artists
in Mexico usually makes it difficult
for a foreigner to gain a foothold.
Although he has been painting
and sketching since he was a youth,
he also studied painting at the
Washington School of Art in New
York, with additional study in
Colombia and Mexico. He says that
when he paints, it is important that
he keep his mind quiet and at peace,
adding, "When your soul is angry, it
shows in your work."
Mr. Garc6s' style on canvass defies
categorization, for he paints sym-
bolic figurative pieces along with
ventures into naturalism or the
classical mode. A poem he once
wrote explains the variety in his art:
"I paint nature
because I love its beauty,
I paint humanity
because I believe in it;
but when in my soul
that inspiration is born,
that feeling,
then I mold
in figurative form
all that I sense inside."
He has at times been criticized by
his peers for lacking a definitive style

Photo by Susan K. Stabler
Augusto Garces poses with his "Viejo Picaro," the painting he considers
to be his masterpiece. By looking closely, one can perceive theprofiles of
two women in the twisting strands of the old man's beard.

all his own, but he believes he paints
what is right for him at the time and,
as such, is demonstrating his own
style.
Mr. Garc6s and his wife Edith,
who is Mexican and a painter in her
own right, have two small daughters,

two-year-old Yamillette and Sus-
sette, who is eight months. Finding
,space in their tiny apartment for two
artists to work is at times tricky, but
as Mr. Garc6s explains, "When you
like something, you don't care where
you do it."

[j* I5 l Papaya a tasty and versatile fruit

nPoto by Arthur Pollack
With the skillandprecision of seasoned craftsman, Carlos J. Barberena
puts the finishing touches on a door painted to match the paneled walls
surrounding it.

Paneled door is work of art

by Jennifer Jones
Everyone has heard of the ex-
pression to "paint oneself into a
corner," but Carlos J. Barberena, a
Maintenance Division painter, was
recently called upon to turn: the
tables and; paint the division out of a
corner.
During-a recent remodeling of the
division's conference room, car-
penters found themsejyes with in-
sufficient - paneling t, cover 'the
conference room dbor, so' the
talented craftsman was called in and
asked if he could .salvage the
situation.
Taking brush in hand, Mr.
Barberena eagerly set to work
applying his artistry to the unpaneled
surface with such remarkable skill
that it is now difficult to distinguish
where the paneling ends and the
paint begins.
According to Mr. Barberena. the

job required several coats of paint-
a beige coat for a base, a thin coat of
dark paint to imitate the wood grain,
another coat to give the metal
surface a. wood-like color and,
finally, a sealer. Using this technique,
he explained, it is possible to
simulate any, kind of wood finish on
a wide variety of surfaces, and he
said that he is often called upon to
change the appearance of wooden
furniture to make it blend in with the
decor of a room.
Originally from Nicaragua, where
he learned his craft, Mr. Barberena
worked for several years there and in
Panama City before beginning his
20-year career with the Panama
Canal organization. He is married to
Natilda Pineda de Barberena of
Panama, and their son Rend Bar-
berena is also employed by the
Maintenance Division as a carpentry
worker.

by Oleta Tinnin
When the Spanish conquistadors
sampled the flavor and succulence of
the papaya, they lost no time in
transporting it back to Spain for the
delectation of their sovereign. The
Spanish later encouraged the plant's
spread to and development in all the
areas of subsequent trade and
exploration involving the Spanish
government. But its delicious flavor
is not the papaya's only attribute.
Tenderizing meat by rubbing it
with papaya fruit or wrapping it in
papaya leaves has been a common
practice in tropical countries, and the
fact that it is the rich supply of the
protein-digesting enzyme papain
contained in the papaya that does
this tenderizing is now a widely
published fact.
Enzymes are fragile, lifelike sub-
stances in all living vegetable or
animal cells without which life could
not exist. Enzymes are used by the
body in the digestion of food as well
as having a role in the utilization and
storage of nutrients in the body.

But enzymes are only a part of the
papaya story. In addition to en-
zymes, papaya supplies a generous
measure of vitamin A, the eye and
skin vitamin that also aids in the
healing of wounds, and vitamin C
that helps us handle stress and is
believed by many to be utilized by
the body in the prevention and cure
of many diseases. Papaya also gives
us calcium, niacin, riboflavin and
thiamine, but in lesser quantities.
Papain for commercial use is
extracted from the milky juice of the
papaya's skin before the fruit ripens
by "scarifying" the skin-that is,
making incisions in it-with a
noncorrosive blade. The incisions
"bleed" the milky juice for ap-
proximately seven seconds, then the
juice begins to coagulate and the
wound to heal over. Both the
coagulation and the milky juice are
dried with hot air or in a vacuum,
free from dust or foreign matter. The
dried papain is then ground into a
powder, ready for compounding.
Commercially, papain is sold as a

Photo by Jennifer Jones
Still too young to know about the nutritional value of papaya, Benjamin
and Cresta Ganser have discovered its tantalizing taste. The children
belong to Kim and James Ganser of Chilibre, and their father is a
machinist at Pedro Miguel Locks.

meat tenderizer in a saline-preser-
vative, since salt acts as a catalyst to
papain, speeding up its action. It is
an ingredient in medications to
alleviate digestive disorders and it is
also sold in tea form, in face cream,
in tooth powder and in a cleaning
agent for removing blood stains and
soft drink spots from wool. Used as a
curing agent in beer, papain has
reduced stabilization time from six
months to ten days.
Papain tea is said to have a spicy
odor and taste similar to Chinese
oolong. It is purported to aid
digestion and act as an appetizer,
and is particularly valued because it
contians no tannic acid. However, it
does contain a mild amount of
carpain, a heart stimulant. An
interesting sidelight of this tea has
been found to be that, if drunk
habitually with meals to the ex-
clusion of regular tea or coffee, it will
.eventually reduce a smoker's desire
to smoke.
Papain in face cream is reported to
be an excellent cleanser and skin
softener, and even rubbing raw
papaya juice on the skin is said to be
beneficial in fading freckles and
other sun blemishes.
In tooth powder, papain is said to
have a healing effect on abraisions of
the teeth and gums, as well as
digesting food particles clinging to
the teeth.
As a wool-cleaning agent, papain
does not weaken or break the fiber
but has a softening and revitalizing
effect.
Grown from seed, papaya plants
develop rapidly and often produce
fruit before the end of the first year.
Individual fruits have been known to
weigh as much as 25 pounds.
While the versatile papaya can be
used in many ways-you can drink it
as tea, rub it on your skin, sprinkle it
on your meat, brush your teeth with
it or even clean your clothes with
it-most people seem to prefer to eat
it, just as it is, peeled and seeded and
with just a squeeze of lime juice.

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THE PANAMA CANAL SPILLWAY

Photo by Arthur Pollack
Attendees at the Professional Secretaries Week wine-tasting party last Thursday pose with guest speaker
Alicia Brown, past president of the Panama Executive Secretaries Association:(A.S.E.P.) and current
coordinator of national and international relations for the organization. Lic. Brown, a budgeting and
accounting analyst for the Federal Aviation Administration, spoke on the importance of belonging to the
A.S.E.P. and on the upcoming 1982 Congress of Executive Secretaries to be held in Panama from May 23 to 29.
From left, representing the A.S.E.P., are Elsa de L6pez, president; Lic. Brown; and Doris de Arosemena,
outgoing president. Representing the Association of Secretaries and Clerical Personnel of the Canal area are,
continuing from left, Doris Burns, secretary; Alcira Arauz, president; andJulieta Arosemena, treasurer. At far
right is Dr. Ana Mora Wakeland, Federal Women's Program Manager, Panama Canal Commission.

Television can be hazard (Continued from page 1)

as well as present a danger of shock.
Shocks can occur when a person
touches television parts that carry
hazardous voltages even when the set
is unplugged.
To guard against these hazards,
certain safety precautions should be
followed. The television should be
turned off if it is necessary to leave
the room for a long period of time.
When leaving on vacation, it is
necessary to unplug the television
and disconnect the external antenna
lead-in wires in case of lightning
storms and electrical power line
surges that could cause a fire. When
unplugging a television, a person
should hold the plug, not pull on the
cord, which could cause fraying.
.Dropping or pushing objects into
the television cabinet presents a real
danger of electrical shock. People
should never touch the television
controls or antenna with wet harids
or while touching' water. To insure

against such an accident, a television
should never be brought into the
bathroom or placed where it can be
reached from the kitchen sink or
other water source.

Care must be taken not to expose
the television to rain or water. If the
television does become'damp, pull
the plug and have it inspected by a
service representative before further
use. Moisture can cause electrical
shorts leading to fire or shock.

If a television makes loud or

continuous snapping or popping
noises, it should be unplugged and a
service technician called. A worn or
brittle cord should also be checked
and replaced if necessary.
In the event that a fire does start in
the television, pull the plug im-
mediately. Everyone should leave
the house and the fire department
should be called. If the fire is small, a
dry chemical fire extinguisher can be
used, but never attempt to put out a
television fire with water unless the
set is unplugged.

Florida State graduation set

The Florida State University,.
Panama Canal Branch, will hold
commencement exercises at 2 p.m .
on Saturday, May 15, at the Valent
Recreation Center in Fort Clayton.
Principal speaker for the event will
be Dr. Nicolas Ardito Barletta, vice:
president of the International Bank

Defective oven recalled

The Moulin-Air convection oven
has been found by the Army and Air
Force Exchange Services (AAFES)
Quality Assurance Laboratory to
pose an electrical shock hazard.

AAFES customers who have
purchased the Moulin-Air convec-
tion oven Model CTCO 300, made
by Moulinex, at an exchange or
through the AAFES Home Shop-
ping Guide are advised to stop using
the oven and return it to an exchange
for full refund.
Quality assurance technicians be-

gan tests after learning of incidents in
which customers had received
shocks while using the oven. Tests
determined that an electrical shock
could occur if the user touched the
control knobs, oven door or rear
panel mounting screws and another
conductive surface, such as a metal
sink. -
If the oven is plugged in, the user
could receive a shock, whether or not
the unit is in operation. The oven
should be unplugged carefully,
avoiding contact with control knobs,
oven door and mounting screws.

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the Press Office by noon. Thursday. the week prior to publication. Only urgent, official material will be
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Send check ot money order payable to the Panama Canal Commission, to the Office of Public Affairs.
APO Miami 34011.

for Reconstruction and Develop-
ment for Latin America and the
Caribbean.

Degrees and certificates will be
conferred by Dr. Agustus Turnbull,
FSU vice president for Academic
Affairs, and other university officials
will accompany Dr. Turnbull to the
Isthmus from the university's home
campus in Tallahassee, Florida, for
the ceremonies.
This year marks the 25th an-
niversary of FSU operations on the
Isthmus of Panama.

How to Apply: Applications must be submitted to the Employment and
Placement Branch, Building 366, Ancon, or Building 1105, Cristobal, on Form
443, APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER, no later than seven (7) days from the
date of this publication. Qualification Standards may be reviewed at the Library-
Museum. Further information may be obtained from the Employment and
Placement Branch, telephone 52-3583, 52-7996 or 46-7219.
Status Applicants: Applications from status applicants will be considered
only if there are no applicants on the Reemployment Priority List.
Handicapped Applicants: Handicapped individuals may call or visit
Sofia Chu at the Employment and Placement Branch for counseling with regard
to applying for any of the above-listed vacancies. The office is located in Building
366, Ancon, telephone 52-7867.
Repromotion Consideration: Employees downgraded as a result of RIF
will be given automatic priority consideration for repromotion to the permanent
vacancies listed above for which they qualify. As a double check, however,
employees who believe they are entitled to such priority consideration should
apply for vacancies in which they are interested and indicate on the application
form that they were demoted in RIF. Consideration of candidates for
repromotion'will precede efforts to fill the position by competitive procedures.
Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for appointments without regard to race, religion, color, national
origin, sex, age, partisan political affiliation, handicapping condition or any
other non-merit factor. A separate application must be submitted for each job
listed.

* The base salaries listed above are the entry salaries for employees hired locally for the first time after
October 7, 1979. These salaries, except those identified as critical skill, will be adjusted to either the Canal
Area Wage Base, or the U.S. Wage Base, depending on the eligibility of the applicant selected. A tropical
differential will be added to the applicable wage bases of eligible U.S. citizens. A recruitment/retention
incentive will be added to the applicable base salaries of employees recruited from outside the Republic of
Panama.
I The selected candidate will be required to obtain a U.S. Government Motor Vehicle Identification Card
before personnel action is confirmed.
2 Requires completion of a self-certification form attesting ability to type at a speed ofat least forty words
per minute (40 wpm).
J Requires completion of a self-certification form attesting ability to take dictation at a speed ofat least
eighty words per minute (80 wpm).

Boy Scouts hold awards dinner tomorrow

Elwood M. McAllister, Assistant
National Director of the Boy Scouts
of America, will be the keynote
speaker at the Annual Awards and
Recogniton Dinner of the Panama
Canal Council. The dinner will be
held at the Fort Amador Officers'
Club beginning at 6:15 p.m. to-
morrow evening, Saturday, May 8.
The awards dinner is a once-a-
year opportunity for the council and
participating Scouters to show their
appreciation to those who have
contributed to the Scouting Pro-
gram. The highlight of the evening
will be the awarding of the Silver
Beaver for exceptional service to
Scouting over many years. A second
honor to be awarded will be "La
Orden del Espiritu de las Buenas

Obras," given by the council for
outstanding Scouting work on the
Isthmus.

Other awards to be presented are
the Honor Unit Awards, which are
presented to Scout units that have
met all Scouting objectives during
tle past year, and the Scouters
Award, given by the local council to
adult Scouters who have contributed
outstanding service. The council will
also use this opportunity to give
special recognition to those young
men who have achieved the rank of
Eagle Scout during the past year.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all friends, supporters and families of
Scouters and Scouting. Tickets are
available from the Boy Scout Office
at Albrook, telephone 86-3685.
Tickets have been mailed to regis-
tered adult Scouters of the Panama
Canal Council.